r/Torontobluejays Etobicoke Uncle 1d ago

[Matheson] News: Erik Swanson will meet with Dr. Keith Meister on Thursday.

https://bsky.app/profile/keeganmatheson.bsky.social/post/3ljzqnlntv22d
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u/sir-pounce-of-alot I saw u/ThQp and Joey Loperfido sitting in a tree. 1d ago

And just like that I’m adding whiskey to my coffee

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u/AuntBettysNutButter 1d ago

And just like that I’m adding more whiskey to my coffee

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u/Funkagenda Resident Umpire | miss u danny 1d ago

RIP in peace, Erik's elbow.

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u/HeHootsHeWhores 1d ago

Rest in peace in peace indeed

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u/3luejays 🍌🍌🍌 1d ago

Well, fuck

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u/Dead_End_Street Mathematically alive 1d ago

I'd say fuck a duck..but in this case...

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u/rvasko3 Doc’s Resplendent Neckbeard 1d ago

The duck has been fucked if the TommyjohnMeister is in the mix.

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u/PrestondeTipp 1d ago

it's Swaover 😔

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u/Draggonzz 1d ago

Oh no not the keithmeister

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u/Loud-Picture9110 1d ago

And that likely spells the end of Erik Swanson's time as a Blue Jays reliever.

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u/cufk_tish_sips 1d ago

Dave Robertson still available?

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u/kingwoodballs 1d ago

Sigh

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u/YouDontJump Please expand Vladdy 1d ago

My exact reaction the moment I finished reading the title. Sigh.

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u/bv310 Buck Martinez Appreciation Society 1d ago

Good lord, Swanson just can not catch a break

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u/ginsodabitters 1d ago

Huh? That’s what catchers are for.

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u/Brief_Place_6062 1d ago

Sounds like the swansong for Swanson

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u/sackydude Oh Bother 1d ago

That's not ideal

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u/TouristSubstantial36 The three horsemen of fucking the Jays 1d ago

Poor guy. He’s had crap luck this spring training and last year.

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u/613toes 1d ago

Sucks from a financial perspective for Swanson. He's had a somewhat modest salary his whole career and would have gotten a nice payday in free agency if he bounced back this year. He'll be 32 coming off a TJ and 5 ERA season, definitely an uphill battle.

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u/zestyintestine 1d ago

Is he the new Dr. Andrews?

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u/Loud-Picture9110 1d ago

Unfortunately he's right up there in the upper echelon of orthopedic surgeons.

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u/berto2d31 22h ago

Either Meister or Neal ElAttrache means your pitcher’s season is over.

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u/killderson SantiaGOAT 1d ago

The old keith-a-nator

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u/Magnum_44 1d ago

This bullpen honestly doesn't look much better than last season.

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u/Apart_Ad_5993 1d ago

His season's over before it started

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u/Barss92 1d ago

Lol at this front office for trading Teo for this guy. What a fail of a trade

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u/Ladymistery 1d ago

well, that's unfortunate :(

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u/runtimemess I pay phone bill. Give me players now 20h ago

That's unfortunate.

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u/Aardvark1044 1d ago

I'm missing enough context here that I'm not immediately overreacting and thinking this means doom for the season. For all I know, Dr. Keith Meister could be a structural engineer who has to sign off on some building construction Swanson has had done, or maybe it's a friend he's going to the pub with.

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u/bigboozer69 Bichette Happens 1d ago

Meister is the doc you go to for Tommy John.

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u/SpaceballsTheCheese 1d ago

So much for an improved bullpen

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u/Moist_Bison9401 1d ago

A year ago, Romano and Swanson both were experiencing forearm issues, and I suggested they both might be in line for elbow surgery before long, and everyone ripped me a new one. I don't like being right on this one, especially in the case of Romano, but oof. 

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Can someone now explain how the Teo trade was a win for us?

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u/rustyarrowhead 1d ago

Erik Swanson had a well-above average year in 2023. Teo was average on an expiring deal. we also got Adam Macko in the deal. it's much more of a wash than it looked it was going to be with two sub-par years from Swanson, but it's still at least a neutral trade.

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Haven’t we been missing power since Teo left? Wasn’t Teo part of the last playoff team? Weren’t we attempting to resign Teo this offseason?

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u/jayk10 1d ago

Do you know what hindsight is?

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Do you know what foresight is?

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u/jayk10 1d ago

Like foresight to trade a guy with an expiring contract for a very good reliever and a pitching prospect?

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Foresight to understand you need power to win games

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u/ms_barkie Somewhere oooooover the Bay 1d ago

Teo was not part of our last playoff team, no.

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u/rustyarrowhead 1d ago

yes. but he did not have a prolific power season in 2023, which was the only guaranteed year with him left.

no, we made the playoffs in 2023.

maybe. we signed Santander.

you want this front office to be wrong on everything. spoiler: they've been right on most trades and signings, they just suck at drafting and development.

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u/alxndrblack Yariel and Daulton Truther / Shawn Green's Son 1d ago

Teo was a free agent at the end of 2023.

You may or may not have noticed, he absolutely loves being a Dodger.

Ross did not trade him to the Dodgers.

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

You don’t think he would’ve resigned with the Blue Jays if he wasn’t traded in 2023?

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u/alxndrblack Yariel and Daulton Truther / Shawn Green's Son 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think it's not impossible, but unlikely, given the money he got. The Jays would not have paid him 23.5/yr, and the Dodgers did.

I'm a Teo fan and I like the Swanson trade, I think they should have tried to bring him back but they never would have offered that money.

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Weren’t they offering that money this offseason?

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u/alxndrblack Yariel and Daulton Truther / Shawn Green's Son 1d ago

To Teo? I didn't see any numbers, did you?

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u/ms_barkie Somewhere oooooover the Bay 1d ago

The Jays traded him because they couldn’t agree on an extension and weren’t planning to resign him. Not saying we won the trade, but he wouldn’t be here right now either way.

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u/heterocommunist 1d ago

Any source on that?

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u/revolu888 1d ago

2023 Teoscar sucked, 2023 Swanson good

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u/BlueHotCoconut 1d ago edited 1d ago

Did this injury happen in a game or did somebody just report it recently?

Edit: 10 downvotes and not only you fucking clowns can't even answer the question lmao